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For businesses across the country, it was the day they'd all been waiting for,

but when it came, freedom was surprisingly restrictive.

All legal restrictions in England lifted so-called freedom day, now emergency measures with more

than 618,000 people in self-isolation. The so-called pandemic has paralyzed businesses,

public services and even the cabinet, but was it an inevitable side effect of lifting restrictions

and letting the virus spread? Covid cases have been rising in almost every region of England,

one in 75 people now have the virus. As the world watches, will Britain's decision to lift

restrictions help or hinder business? You're listening to stories of our times from the times

and the Sunday times. I'm Manvian Rana. Today, the pandemic and the Great British Experiment.

Business had started to struggle even before the first lockdown.

Helen Heriti is the owner of the Grey's Court Hotel in York, which opened in 2011.

The first two people with Covid were actually found in a city centre hotel in York.

Her business was one of the first to be affected when the pandemic struck Britain.

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